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509.2/km 2 (1318.8/sq mi) Map of U.S. Virgin Islands. Saint Thomas ( Danish: Sankt Thomas, Spanish: Santo Tomás, French: Saint-Thomas) is one of the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea, and a constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an unincorporated territory of the United States. Along with surrounding minor islands ...
November 10, 1988. St. Thomas Manor (1741) is a historic home and Catholic church complex located near Port Tobacco, Charles County, Maryland. Known as St. Ignatius Church and Cemetery, the manor house complex is the oldest continuously occupied Jesuit residence in the world. The mission settlement of Chapel Point was established in 1641 by ...
Charlotte Amalie ( / ˈʃɑːrlət əˈmɑːli ( ə )/ SHAR-lət ə-MAH-lee (-ə) ), [2] located on St. Thomas, is the capital and the largest city of the United States Virgin Islands. It was founded in 1666 as Taphus (meaning 'tap house' or 'beer hall' in Danish ). [3] In 1691, the town was renamed to Charlotte Amalie after the Danish queen ...
Like most Caribbean islands, most of the islands of the Virgin Islands, including St. Thomas and St. John, are volcanic in origin and hilly. The highest point is Crown Mountain on St. Thomas at 1,555 feet (474 m). [45] St. Croix, the largest of the U.S. Virgin Islands, lies to the south and has a flatter terrain because of its coral origin.
St. Thomas' Parish, ca. 1910s. Calvary Parish was formed in 1891 to serve the Dupont Circle area of Washington with the Rev. John Abel Aspinwall as its first rector. [1] Rev. Aspinwall was the son of William H. Aspinwall, who built the Panama Railroad across Panama. The cornerstone of the new St. Thomas' Parish church building was laid in 1894 ...
Charlotte Amalie Harbor Seaplane Base. / 18.33861°N 64.94083°W / 18.33861; -64.94083. Charlotte Amalie Harbor Seaplane Base ( IATA: SPB, FAA LID: VI22 ), also known as St. Thomas Seaplane Base, is located in the harbor by Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. This private-use airport is owned by the Virgin Islands Port ...
Thomas Dodge Homestead is a historic home in Port Washington, Nassau County, New York. It is a settlement-era farmhouse dated to 1721 with additions completed in approximately 1750 and 1903. It is a -story, L-shaped, heavy timber-frame building sheathed with natural cedar wood shingles. The main block has a saltbox shape and there is a nearly ...
Coordinates: 18°20′N 64°55′W. The Brandenburg colony of St. Thomas consisted of a leased part of the Danish island of St. Thomas (today part of the United States Virgin Islands) to the Brandenburg-Prussia margraviate of the Holy Roman Empire from 1685 to 1754. [ 1][ 2]